Josh discusses clemency for Matthew Charles with Kevin Ring of FAMM.

Thanks to The Crime Report for publishing my Op-Ed supporting passage of the First Step Act.

Our new dedicated website is DecarcerationNation.com

Kevin Ring is the President of Families Against Mandatory Minimums.

As near as I can tell, this is the original Julietta Martinelli story from last December, she also wrote this article last week as Mr. Charles was returning to prison.

The the-career-offender-guideline.pdf">Career Offender sentencing guidelines (like the ones that forced Mr. Charles back to prison) are pernicious and are often very counterproductive.

We all hope you will join us in signing "This Petition" for clemency/commutation for Mr. Matthew Charles.

The first tweet in the amazing Twitter thread from Kevin Ring we discussed during this episode started with the linked tweet.

You can read Mr. Pfaff's book "Locked In" or any of the articles quoting his recitation of the evidence proving that people "age out" of violent crime."

Episode 2 of Decarceration Nation was entirely about this (largely fake) distinction between violence and non-violence in the law (one of my personal favorite episodes of the podcast).

Learn more about the Bureau of Prisons drug programs including RDAP from their site.

Some of the articles supporting President Trump granting a commutation to Mr. Charles include articles in The National Review, The Federalist, and The Root. I have also seen calls for his release on social media from the ACLU and Cut 50.

Please sign the Petition to free Mr. Charles!!!! The petition, at this moment, is about to break 65k signatures.

Here is a preview article about next week's episode (Statesville Correctional Debate Team).